Carriage Ramps and Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Carriage ramps and steps.
Carriage Ramps and Steps
- WRENN ID
- eastward-gateway-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1985
- Type
- Carriage ramps and steps
- Address
- Carriage Ramps and Steps, Sefton Street
- OS grid reference
- SJ 351 877
- Coordinates
- 53.38258, -2.97616
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The carriage ramps and steps, built in 1866 for the Liverpool Health Committee, were designed to bridge over the now-demolished Cheshire Lines railway. Constructed from rock-faced stone, the carriage ramps are positioned opposite each other, while the steps also break forward and are opposed, featuring 20th-century iron handrails. The center of the ashlar structure includes a niche with a horse trough and plaques that commemorate its erection and restoration in 1984. On either side, there are small niches that contain dog bowls. The projecting end bays have round arched entrances leading to urinals, which are clad in slate on the lower half of the walls and have slate partitions, along with 20th-century iron gates. The top balustrade is adorned with flanking panels that feature Liver birds and lamp standards, although no lamps are present.
Local climate
Carriage Ramps and Steps sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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